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When the closing regulations were slightly relaxed from level 5 to level 4, it was still intended to maintain strict citizen discipline, but more laws have been violated since May 1, police Minister Bheki Cele said.
“Things are similar to [level] 5, but it seems that there is more breach of the law at level 4. It has been decided that there are places that can be 4 and 5. We [will be able to] recommend [that]”He said Monday.
Cele was speaking to a contingent of journalists outside the Edendale shopping center in Pietermaritzburg. He was there to inspect the level of compliance in the city.
He said he felt that people think level 4 is “nothing”.
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Also, again, he announced his support for the alcohol ban.
“[When we came to] level 4 … most people thought we were opening. Below level 5, 10 were arrested for alcohol offenses. But from level 4, there were almost 60 crimes for dispensing and transporting alcohol. “
Cele said the alcohol ban had dramatically reduced violent crime across SA
Hospitals have more resources.
While visiting the Tambo Memorial Hospital in Boksburg on Saturday, she said she was told that violent cases had been almost entirely reduced in the area.
“Three people entered after a shooting. [Officials] they are saying that since closing [started]Those were the first stabbing and shooting incidents. “
Cele said hospital officials were also able to provide adequate patient care because there was not an overwhelming number of violent crime patients to deal with.
“The lack of alcohol has opened hospitals so that everyone can give space to those who need help.”
He said they had arrested rival pirate alcohol “gangsters” who were responsible for the shooting.
“We arrested the gangsters who were fighting for the sale of alcohol in a municipality. Homemade beer is not allowed, even if you have it, you are not allowed to dispense it. ”
He said that household products were a more serious problem in the Gauteng municipalities and arrested several people related to the matter.
Police work is not done in the office
Cele also said that “at a certain point, people have to go back to their lives,” but that the police had learned a lot from the Covid-19 lockdown.
“We believe there are lessons we have learned. We have learned that surveillance is not office work. It is being out there. It has contributed a lot to reducing crime. “
He added: “Alcohol is not just a matter of entertainment. There is a lot of death and crime that comes from this. We believe that we will have to fight this with new laws. “
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